Nerds and Monsters | |
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Genre | Comedy Science fiction Action-Adventure |
Created by |
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Directed by | Josh Mepham Greg Sullivan |
Voices of | Michael Adamthwaite Ian James Corlett Michael Daingerfield Brian Dobson Brian Drummond Ty Olsson Tabitha St. Germain Lee Tockar Vincent Tong |
Theme music composer |
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Opening theme | Nerds and Monsters |
Ending theme | Nerds and Monsters (instrumental) |
Composer | Hal Beckett |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 40 (80 segments) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Kathy Antonsen Rocchio Josh Mepham Greg Sullivan Vito Viscomi Vince Commisso |
Producer | Kathy Antonsen Rocchio |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Slap Happy Cartoons Inc. 9 Story Media Group |
Original release | |
Network | YTV |
Release | March 12, 2014 – August 27, 2016 |
Nerds and Monsters is a Canadian animated television series that aired on YTV in Canada. The series was created by Josh Mepham, Kathy Antonsen Rocchio, Greg Sullivan and Vito Viscomi and produced by Slap Happy Cartoons Inc. and 9 Story Media Group. It was announced at the 2014 Banff World Media Festival that the series was renewed for a second season. [1] On July 14, 2015, the series was picked up by Hulu to stream it as part of Hulu Kids. The series ended on August 27, 2016. [2] 40 episodes were produced.
The series follows three nerdy kids and a simple football linebacker on a fantastic uncharted island with monsters.
The first prototype of the series had four nerds; Becky Hoogerstein, Dudley Squat, Winston Chang and Fareed Singh. They were completely different in appearance; Becky was a curly haired brunette, Dudley had bigger glasses and blond hair and Winston had shorter hair and was described as Spock-like. Fareed was written out of the final version and replaced with Stan. Becky's name was shortened and Winston became Irwin with the 'stein' from Becky's original name being inserted into his. Dudley's name was kept, but he too was altered. [3]
Zarg was originally called Zar and designed with orange fur, and Skur had no fur at all. Urp and Durn's only change was the addition of fingers instead of tentacle-like hands.
The series also airs on CITV and ITV in the United Kingdom, UTV in Northern Ireland, Canal+ Family and Télétoon+ in France, Disney XD in Poland, Gloob in Brazil, and ABC3 in Australia.
Year | Association | Award Category | Notes | Result |
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2014 | Leo Awards | Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program or Series | Greg Sullivan | Won |
2014 | Leo Awards | Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program or Series | Kendra Hibbert | Nominated |
2014 | Leo Awards | Best Direction in an Animation Program or Series | Greg Sullivan and Denis Crawford | Nominated |
2014 | Leo Awards | Best Performance in an Animation Program or Series | Tabitha St. Germain | Nominated |
2014 | Leo Awards | Best Performance in an Animation Program or Series | Vincent Tong | Nominated |
2015 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Writing in an Animated Program or Series | Vito Viscomi | Nominated |
2015 | WGC Screenwriting Awards | Best Writing in an Animated Program or Series | Greg Sullivan | Nominated |
2015 | Leo Awards | Best Direction in an Animation Program or Series | Greg Sullivan and Russell Crispin | Nominated |
2015 | Leo Awards | Best Performance in an Animation Program or Series | Ian James Corlett | Nominated |
2015 | Leo Awards | Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program or Series | Dennis Heaton | Won |
2015 | Pixie Awards | Animation | Slap Happy Cartoons | Won |
2016 | Leo Awards | Best Direction in an Animation Program or Series | Greg Sullivan and Denis Crawford | Nominated |
2016 | Leo Awards | Best Direction in an Animation Program or Series | Josh Mepham and Jason Horychun | Won |
2016 | Leo Awards | Best Animation Program or Series | Josh Mepham, Greg Sullivan, Kathy Antonsen Rocchio and Vito Viscomi | Won |
2016 | Leo Awards | Best Screenwriting in an Animation Program or Series | Greg Sullivan | Won |
2017 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Writing in an Animated Program or Series | Craig Martin | Won |
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